Ada's Legacy

Andrew L. Russell, Robin Hammerman

Description

Ada’s Legacy illustrates the depth and diversity of writers, thinkers, and makers who have been inspired by Ada Lovelace, the English mathematician and writer. The volume, which commemorates the bicentennial of Ada’s birth in December 1815, celebrates Lovelace’s many achievements as well as the impact of her life and work, which reverberated widely since the late nineteenth century. In the 21st century we have seen a resurgence in Lovelace scholarship, thanks to the growth of interdisciplinary thinking and the expanding influence of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Ada’s Legacy is a unique contribution to this scholarship, thanks to its combination of papers on Ada’s collaboration with Charles Babbage, Ada’s position in the Victorian and Steampunk literary genres, Ada’s representation in and inspiration of contemporary art and comics, and Ada’s continued relevance in discussions around gender and technology in the digital age.
With the 200th anniversary of Ada Lovelace’s birth on December 10, 2015, we believe that the timing is perfect to publish this collection of papers. Because of its broad focus on subjects that reach far beyond the life and work of Ada herself, Ada’s Legacy will appeal to readers who are curious about Ada’s enduring importance in computing and the wider world.
Table of Contents: Introduction / Part 1: Ada's Legacy in Computing / Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Bernoulli Numbers / Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq. / Ada: Past, Present, Future / The Ada Programming Language / The Rise, Fall, and Persistence of Ada / Part 2: Ada’s Legacy in Literature / “I shall in due time be a poet”: Ada Lovelace's Poetical Science in its Literary Context / “A Different Sort of Bird”: Ada Lovelace in History and Steampunk / Ada Bright and Dark: Steampunk Representations of the Enchantress of Numbers / Part 3: Ada’s Legacy in the Digital Age / Oracle: The Engine Weaves / “Genderless” Online Discourse in the 1970s: Muted Group Theory in Early Social Computing / Rebooting the Ada Lovelace Mythos

Sujets

• Computer Science
• Computers
• Informatique

Informations

• Publié par: Association for Computing Machinery and Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781970001501
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Ada s Legacy
ACM Books
Editor in Chief
M. Tamer zsu, University of Waterloo
ACM Books is a new series of high-quality books for the computer science community, published by ACM in collaboration with Morgan Claypool Publishers. ACM Books publications are widely distributed in both print and digital formats through booksellers and to libraries (and library consortia) and individual ACM members via the ACM Digital Library platform.
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Ada s Legacy
Robin Hammerman
Stevens Institute of Technology
Andrew L. Russell
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Robin Hammerman, Andrew L. Russell
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10.1145/2809523.2809528 Chapter 3
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10.1145/2809523.2809531 Chapter 6
10.1145/2809523.2809532 Part II
10.1145/2809523.2809533 Chapter 7
10.1145/2809523.2809534 Chapter 8
10.1145/2809523.2809535 Chapter 9
10.1145/2809523.2809536 Part III
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10.1145/2809523.2809538 Chapter 11
10.1145/2809523.2809539 Chapter 12
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Contents

Preface
Chapter 1
Introduction

Robin Hammerman, Andrew L. Russell
PART I
ADA S LEGACY IN COMPUTING
Chapter 2
Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the Bernoulli Numbers

Thomas J. Misa

2.1 Babbage and Lovelace

2.2 Steps to the Sketch
Chapter 3
Sketch of the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage, Esq.

L. F. Menabrea, translated by Augusta Ada Lovelace, with notes

Notes by the Translator
Chapter 4
Ada: Past, Present, Future

Jean Ichbiah

4.1 References
Chapter 5
The Ada Programming Language

Jean E. Sammet, Thomas J. (Tim) Bergin
Chapter 6
The Rise, Fall, and Persistence of Ada

Ricky E. Sward

6.1 Introduction

6.2 The History of Ada

6.3 The Persistence of Ada

6.4 Ada Organizations

6.5 Ada Projects

6.6 Conclusions

6.7 References
PART II
ADA S LEGACY IN LITERATURE
Chapter 7
I shall in due time be a poet : Ada Lovelace s Poetical Science in Its Literary Context

Imogen Forbes-Macphail

7.1 Literary Ambitions

7.2 Poetical Science

7.3 Mechanical Composition

7.4 Conclusion
Chapter 8
A Different Sort of Bird

Victoria Ludas Orlofsky

8.1 Introduction: Ada Lovelace in Steampunk Literature

8.2 Ada Lovelace Day

8.3 Steampunk

8.4 Steampunk Ada

8.5 Conclusion
Chapter 9
Ada Bright and Dark: Steampunk Representations of the Enchantress of Numbers

Catherine Siemann
PART III
ADA S LEGACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Chapter 10
Oracle: The Engine Weaves

Amy Cunningham

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Context and Process

10.3 Extracts of Oracle
Chapter 11
Genderless Online Discourse in the 1970s: Muted Group Theory in Early Social Computing

Jenny Ungbha Korn

11.1 A Review of Muted Group Theory and Its Applications

11.2 A Review of Gendered Electronic Communication

11.3 Applying Muted Group Theory to Gendered Electronic Communication

11.4 The Muted Role of Women as PLATO Experts

11.5 Genderlessness as Muting of Women by Women

11.6 Conclusions

Acknowledgements
Chapter 12
Rebooting the Ada Lovelace Mythos

Valerie Aurora

Index

Contributor Biographies
Preface
Ada s Legacy illustrates the depth and diversity of writers, thinkers, and makers who have been inspired by Ada Lovelace, the English mathematician and writer. The volume, which commemorates the bicentennial of Ada s birth in December 1815, celebrates Lovelace s many achievements as well as the impact of her life and work, which reverberated widely since the late 19th century. In the 21st century we have seen a resurgence in Lovelace scholarship, thanks to the growth of interdisciplinary thinking and the expanding influence of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Ada s Legacy is a unique contribution to this scholarship. Here, the editors present work on topics previously unknown to coexist in print: Ada s collaboration with Charles Babbage, the development of the Ada programming language, Ada s position in the Victorian and Steampunk literary genres, Ada s representation in and inspiration of contemporary art and comics, and Ada s continued relevance in discussions around gender and technology in the digital age. With the 200th anniversary of Ada Lovelace s birth on December 10, 2015, we believe that the timing is perfect to publish this collection. Because of its broad focus on subjects that reach far beyond the life and work of Ada herself, Ada s Legacy will appeal to readers who are curious about Ada s enduring importance in computing and the wider world.
The idea for this book originated from the first academic conference of its kind, Ada Lovelace: An Interdisciplinary Conference Celebrating her Achievements and Legacy , which took place at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) on October 18, 2013, under the auspices of the Institute s College of Arts and Letters. The time was definitely right to bring this conference to Stevens, which was until 1971 a male-only school. By 1982, Stevens became the first major institute in the United States to implement a personal computer requirement for its students. Around this time, a pioneering technology project resulted in the networking of the entire Stevens campus, creating one of the nation s first intranets. Additionally, the recent development of undergraduate programs in the College of Arts and Letters, including Gender Studies as well as Science and Technology Studies, which strongly anchors women in STEM, clearly made Stevens well positioned to host a conference celebrating Lovelace s achievements and legacy. The conference brought together international scholars from across the disciplines to coincide with the week celebrating Ada Lovelace Day. Tremendous interest circulated in advance of the conference, particularly among computing history specialists and 19th-century literary scholars, and it escalated immediately following the proceedings. Tom Misa, director of the Charles Babbage Institute and a featured speaker at the conference, numbered chiefly among those who caught this interest. He envisioned the possibility for a book project to develop concrete examination of ideas inspired by the proceedings. The conference organizer, Robin Hammerman, and Andrew Russell, director of the College of Arts and Letters Science and Technology Studies program, enthusiastically agreed to collaborate as editors for this interdisciplinary collection.
Many of the papers published in this volume first were presented at the conference in October 2013. We are pleased to acknowledge the supporters of that conference: Dr. Lisa Dolling, former Dean of the College of Arts Letters at Stevens Institute of Technology, and Dr. George Korfiatis, Provost of Stevens Institute of Technology.
The editors are grateful to Thomas J. Misa, Series Editor for ACM s History of Computing, for skillfully overseeing the development of this project from its inception to completion. We also are happy to thank Diane Cerra, Executive Editor at Morgan Claypool Publishers, for her kind and capable attention to the production of this volume. And we are delighted that Sydney Padua graciously agreed to create original illustrations for Ada s Legacy .
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Introduction
Robin Hammerman, Andrew L. Russell
Augusta Ada Byron was born on December 10, 1815, in London, England. At first glance there is little to distinguish Ada from other children born to the elites of Regency society: her family was titled, she had unfulfilling relationships with her parents, and h